Etan Cohen

Get Hard

It's tempting to view Get Hard as the passing of a baton. Yes, Will Ferrell is 47 and hasn't been starring in many movies lately,unlike Kevin Hart, who is only 35. But comedy doesn't have succession plans and there's enough room for actors of slightly different generations to enjoy hits and endure misses. Likely the latter, this film is, more than anything else, an old-fashioned buddy comedy.
If you thought that Ferrell and Adam McKay had gotten disgust with financial industry corruption ...